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Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel
Wilhelm Keitel (September 22, 1882 - October 16, 1946)
was a senior German military leader during World War II.
He was born in Helmscherode, Germany, the son of the
landowner Carl Keitel. He was a career soldier, after
education in Goettingen he became a Fahnenjunker (Cadet
Officer) and joined a artillery regiment. He married in
1909.
During World War I he served on the Western front,
becoming a member of the General Staff in 1915. He was
seriously wounded in 1917 in Flanders but recovered to
join the post-war Freikorps and then returned to the
army. He was an instructor for some years before assuming
the command of an artillery regiment. In 1929 he joined
the Organizations Department.
He was appointed to the Reichswehrministerium (Reich
Ministry of War) in 1930, a post he retained after the
Nazi seizure of power (1933), as head of the
Wehrmachtamt. In 1937 he was made a general and in 1938
after the Blomberg Affair and the replacement of the
Reichswehrministerium with the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
(OKW, High Command of the Army) he became Chief of the
Supreme Command of the Armed Forces. He was made a
Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) in 1940.
During World War II Keitel proved a weak and cautious
commander: he advised Hitler against invading France and
opposed Operation Barbarossa. Both times he backed down
in the face of Hitler and tendered his resignation: it
was not accepted. In 1942 he again stood up to Hitler
over Field Marshal Siegmund List. Despite this he was a
loyal Nazi, he signed the orders instructing the
execution of Jews and Communists and allowed Himmler a
free hand with his racial controls in captured Russian
territory. His defence of List was his last act of
defiance to Hitler, after that he did not challenge
another of Hitler's orders and was referred to by his
colleagues as Lakaitel. Keitel was instrumental in
foiling the attempted coup of the July 20 Plot in 1944,
and sat on the following Army Court of Honour that handed
many officers over to Roland Freisler's court.
He signed the surrender to the Red Army on May 9, 1945
and was arrested on the 13th. He faced the International
Military Tribunal charged with: Conspiracy to commit
crimes against peace, planning, initiating and waging
wars of aggression, war-crimes and crimes against
humanity. His defence that he was just following orders
was rejected, he was found guilty on all charges and
hanged.
| WW2
HISTORY DATA |
| Pearl
Harbor Overview |
| Pearl
Harbor Japanese Forces |
| Pearl
Harbor Japanese Aircraft |
| Battle
of the Coral Sea, 7-8
May 1942 |
| Doolitle
Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942 |
| Battle
of Midway, 4-7 June 1942 |
| Guadalcanal
Campaign, August 1942 - February 1943 |
| Guadalcanal-Tulagi
Invasion, 7-9 August 1942 |
| Battle
of the Philippine Sea |
| Battle
of Iwo Jima
Battle
of Okinawa |
| Japan
Capitulates WW2
Japan Planes - List of
Aircraft |
| Battleship
Bismarck,
Graf
Zeppelin |
| Battleships
Tirpitz, Scharnhorst
, Admiral
Graf Spee |
| WW2
Luftwaffe Planes - List
of Aircraft |
| U-Boats
Types 1, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D |
| Kriegsmarine
Submarines Types U-Flak, 7A, 7B,
7C, 7C/41, 7C/42, 7D, 7F |
Kriegsmarine
Submarines: U-Boats
Type 9A, 9B, 9C, 9C/40, 9D, 14 |
| Kriegsmarine
Submarines: Type XXI , Type XXIII |
| Grand
Admiral Karl Donitz, Erich Raeder |
HMS
Prince of Wales
Battleship, HMS Repulse,
HMS
Ark Royal,
HMS Hood Battlecruisers |
| Battle
of the River Plate,
Battle
of Dunkirk, Battle
of the Atlantic |
| Normandy
Invasion, June 1944 |
| Normandy
Invasion ,Crossing the English Channel on
D-Day, 6 June 1944 |
| Normandy
Invasion- The D-Day Landings, 6 June 1944 |
| USN
WW2 Admirals,
USN
WW2 Cruisers List |
| Imperial
Japan Navy Admirals |
| Japan
WW2 Fighters- Mitsubishi Zero |
| USN
Battleships - Indiana Class,
Kearsarge Class, Illinois Class, Maine
Class, Virginia Class, Connecticut Class,
Mississippi Class, South Carolina Class,
Delaware Class, Florida Class,
Pennsylvania Class, New Mexico Class,
Wyoming Class, New York Class, Nevada
Class, Tennessee Class, Colorado Class,
South Dakota Class, Lexington Class,
North Carolina Class, South Dakota Class,
Iowa Class, Montana Class |
| USN
WW2 CRUISERS |
| USN
WW2 Torpedo Bomber -
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator |
| USN
WW2 Fighters: Brewster
F2A Buffalo, Curtiss F9C
Sparrowhawk |
| Grumman
F3F, Grumman F4F Wildcat, General Motors
FM-2 Wildcat |
| LOCKHEED
P-38 LIGHTNING
F-82
TWIN MUSTANG |
| REPUBLIC
P-47 THUNDERBOLT |
| NORTH
AMERICAN P-51 MUSTANG |
| Boeing
B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing
B-29 Superfortress
|
| Consolidated
B-24 D Liberator |
| North
American B-25 Mitchell, Martin
B-26 Marauder |
| Junkers
Ju 87 Stuka
Dornier
Do 215 Ju-188 |
| Dornier
Do 17, Dornier
Do 335 Pfeil Junkers
Ju 88 |
| Messerschmitt
Bf 109,
Messerschmitt
Me 262 |
| RAF
List of aircraft, Avro
Lancaster |
| Focke-Wulf
Fw 200 Condor, Heinkel
He 111 |
| Focke-Wulf
Fw 190, Junkers
Ju 52 |
| De
Havilland Mosquito, Vickers
Wellington |
| Fairey
Swordfish
Hawker
Tempest
Hawker
Hurricane
Supermarine
Spitfire
Gloster
Meteor
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| Operation
Stalingrad , Operation
Barbarossa |
| Third
Reich Organization and people |
| German
Africa Corps |
| Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel - Desert Fox |
| Maus
(Tank) - Panzer VIII WW2 world
largest tank |
| Panzer
3 III, Panzer
4 IV, Tiger
1, King
Tiger 2 |
| T-34
Soviet medium tank |
| List
of tanks WW1, WW2, Modern |
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| MODERN USN
/ WORLD AF/NAVY DATA |
| USN
Aircraft Carriers USS
Kitty Hawk, Enterprise, John F. Kennedy,
Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl
Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham
Lincoln, George Washington, John C.
Stennis, Harry S. Truman, Ronald Reagan,
George H.W. Bush |
| USS
Abraham Lincoln CVN72 USS
Enterprise CVN65 |
| USN
Cruisers 1 - USS
Ticonderoga, Vincennes, Valley Forge,
Thomas S. Gates, Bunker Hill, Mobile Bay,
Antietam, Leyte Gulf, San Jacinto, Lake
Champlain, Philippine Sea, Princeton,
Normandy, Monterey |
| USN
Cruisers 2 - USS
Chancellorsville, Cowpens, Gettysburg,
Chosin, Hue City, Shiloh, Anzio,
Vicksburg, Lake Erie, Cape St. George,
Vella Gulf, Port Royal |
| USN
Destroyers
United
States Navy |
| Amphibious
Assault Ships - LHA/LHD/LHA(R) USS
Wasp, USS Essex, USS Kearsarge, USS
Boxer, USS Bataan, USS Bonhomme Richard,
USS Iwo Jima, USS Makin Island, USS
Tarawa, USS Saipan, USS Belleau Wood, USS
Nassau, USS Peleliu |
| SSN
Attack Sumbarines 1
USS
Seawolf, Connecticut, Jimmy Carter,
Virginia, Texax, Hawaii, North Carolina,
Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Memphis,
Bremerton, Jacksonville, Dallas, La
Jolla, City of Corpus Christi,
Albuquerque, Portsmouth, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, Hyman G. Rickover, Augusta, San
Francisco, Houston, Norfolk, Buffalo,
Salt Lake City, Olympia, Honolulu,
Providence |
| SSN
Attack Sumbarines 2
USS
Pittsburgh, Chicago, Key West, Oklahoma
City, Louisville, Helena, Newport News,
San Juan, Pasadena, Albany, Topeka,
Miami, Scranton, Alexandria, Asheville,
Jefferson City, Annapolis, Springfield,
Columbus, Santa Fe, Boise, Montpelier,
Charlotte, Hampton, Hartford, Toledo,
Tucson, Columbia, Greeneville, Cheyenne |
| SSBN
Fleet Balistic Missile Sumbarines
USS
Georgia, USS Henry M. Jackson, USS
Alabama, USS Alaska,USS Nevada, USS
Pennsylvania, USS Kentucky, USS
Tennessee, USS West Virginia, USS
Maryland, USS Nebraska, USS Rhode Island,
USS Maine, USS Wyoming, USS Louisiana,
USS Ohio |
| USN
Frigates,
USN
Patrol Ships,
USAF
Plane List |
| Anti-submarine
aircraft - P-3C
Orion S-3B
Viking |
| USN
FIGHTERS |
| A-10
/ A10 Thunderbolt II |
| F-5
Freedom Fighter,
F-20
Tigershark |
| F-4
Phantom II
F-86
Sabre, A-4
Skyhawk, A-6
Grumann Intruder |
| F-14
Tomcat F-15
Eagle F15, F-16
Fighting Falcon, |
| F-18
Hornet
F-22
Raptor
F-35
Joint Strike Fighter
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| CH-46
Sea Knight, CH-53
Sea Stallion |
| H-3
Sea King MH-53
Sea Dragon |
| SH-60
Seahawk HH/UH-1N
Iroquois |
| AH-1
Cobra, UH-60
Black Hawk,
HH-60
Pave Hawk Helicopter |
| AH-64
Apache |
| B-52
Stratofortress
F-111,
AC130
Gunship |
| B-1
Lancer |
| B-2
Spirit |
| F-117
Nighthawk
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| U-2
Dragon Lady
, SR-71
Blackbird |
| RQ-1
Predator |
| Panavia
Tornado |
| Tornado
F3
AV-8
Harrier |
| Pre/Post
WW2 USSR Russia Planes -
List of Aircraft |
| Pre/Post
WW2 RAAF Australia Planes
- List of Aircraft |
| Pre/Post
WW2 SWEDEN Planes - List
of Aircraft |
| F-22
Raptor,
F-35
Joint Strike Fighter JSF |
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